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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly) novel “full of heart, hope, and compelling questions about who we really are” (Redbook) from the acclaimed author of At the Water’s Edge and Water for Elephants
“Terrific: an incisive piece of social commentary.”—The New York Times Book Review
Isabel...
“Terrific: an incisive piece of social commentary.”—The New York Times Book Review
Isabel...
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One of The Washington Post's 50 Notable Works of fiction in 2018Stage four. Surgery. Recovering. While those are the simple words that once described Dr. Francine Burk's situation, the reality is much more complex. Her new reality is bacon rinds for breakfast and feeling unduly thrilled by her increasing ability to walk across a room without assistance. And its being offered a placement at a prestigious research institute where she can put to good...
5) Primal tears
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Distributed by North Atlantic Books
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c2005
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English
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"Ecological sci-fi thriller about an endangered species breeding program gone wrong. Sage, a hybrid creature half human, half bonobo chimpanzee, has trouble fitting into society, but her existence may hold the key to solving one of the greatest problems facing the human race"--Provided by publisher.
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W.W. Norton & Company
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[2013]
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English
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A renowned primatologist argues that ethical behavior witnessed in animals is the evolutionary and biological origin of human fairness and explains that morality has more to do with natural instincts than with religion.
7) Endangered
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Ape quartet volume 1
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Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
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